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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Goals: Can't Make 'Em if You Don't Try

I have goals in life. I mean, don't we all? But I have lofty goals. I have many goals I haven't reached and I've been 29 for a few years now! I'm not getting any younger! (Or older, if I have my way.)

So I thought I would share some of my goals with you. Accountability and all, right? And I realized I can't achieve my goals if I don't try. I will fail if I don't even make the effort.

Here are my life goals. All of them. Some I have achieved, and they are crossed off. But way too many are sitting idle without my doing much about it. Ready? Here we go.

Family:

Become a mother

Adopt a child

Foster children who are aging out of the system

Be the "cool house" where kids feel comfortable hanging out and talking to me

Raise children to not be homicidal maniacs and/or criminals

Raise children to love the Lord

See children married off so they're their spouses' problem

Career:

Write a book

Write more than one book

Attend a literary conference

Have a sit down with a publisher even if they don't pick me up

Be sure a publisher picks me up

Hold/own a hard copy of each of my published books

DJ my own radio show

Become a public speaker and encourager

Get paid to write and/or talk

Faith:

Realize I don't have it all together

Realize nobody has it all together

Pray more, gossip less

Show my faith to everyone around me

Give my friends a hand up when needed

Serve my community and church more

Help my husband be the leader of our home

Help my children grow in their faith and love

So these are my goals. Some are a little more lofty than others. Some are fairly simplistic. Many I can't accomplish at this point yet (no arranged marriages for the kiddos, thank you). But many I can. I can attend a writer's conference. I can work on becoming a DJ or public speaker. And of course I can always pray more.